The increasing prevalence of hpertenson is an important public health problem contributing to significant exces disease and mortality. The risk factors of high blood pressure were obesity, sex diference, aged, and heredity. Some factors had clearly evidence that had relatonship with blood pressure, but other had not clearly, e.g. blood group. To study the relationship between BMI, sex, age, blo…
The rapid growth of the elderly population is having an impact on the maintenance of a health mental and physical state. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation of physical activity and quality of life in the elderly. The participants in this study were 21 male and 80 female elderly persons (66.4+6.3 years, mean + SD) recruited from the community in 2 subdistricts in South Jakarta. …
The benefits of Tai Chi and wai Tan Kung exercises on cardiopulmonary endurance and body composition have become a controversial issue. The survey analytical comparasional study was performed to investigate the differences of cardiopulmonary endurance and body composition among elderly members of Tai Chi, Wa Tan Kung and elderly sedenter. The study involved 10 elderly members of Tai Chi, 10 eld…